ERIC Number: EJ1260130
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
EISSN: N/A
Personalized Learning in iSTART: Past Modifications and Future Design
McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Watanabe, Micah; Dai, Jianmin; McNamara, Danielle S.
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v52 n3 p301-321 2020
Computer-based learning environments (CBLEs) provide unprecedented opportunities for personalized learning at scale. One such system, iSTART (Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking) is an adaptive, game-based tutoring system for reading comprehension. This paper describes how efforts to increase personalized learning have improved the system. It also provides results of a recent implementation of an adaptive logic that increases or decreases text difficulty based on students' performance rather than presenting texts randomly. High school students who received adaptive text selection showed increased sense of learning. Adaptive text selection also resulted in greater pre-training to post-training comprehension test gains, especially for less-skilled readers. The findings demonstrate that system-driven, just-in-time support consistent with the goals of personalized learning benefit the efficacy of computer-based learning environments. [For the corresponding grantee submission, see ED605677.]
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Reading Comprehension, High School Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Reading Strategies, Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Reading Tests, Difficulty Level, Program Effectiveness, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Tutoring
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests